Vivek Kumbhari, MBBCh, MD

Dr. Vivek Kumbhari is the director of bariatric endoscopy at Johns Hopkins Medicine, as well as an assistant professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has been practicing medicine at Johns Hopkins for five years and recently joined the medical staff at Sibley, where he sees patients on Mondays and Fridays.

Dr. Kumbhari provides a range of services, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). His expertise includes minimally invasive, non-surgical therapies to facilitate weight loss and the treatment of obesity-related diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, as well as performing endoscopic therapies to treat oncologic conditions involving the gastrointestinal tract.

Dr. Kumbhari has research interests in endoscopic innovation, interventional endoscopic ultrasonography, obesity, submucosal endoscopy and treatment of metabolic disease. He has contributed to over 150 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and invited reviews, and speaks both nationally and internationally.

Vivek Kumbhari, director of bariatric endoscopy for Johns Hopkins, answers questions about the endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty procedure, including what it involves and how it is different from weight loss surgery.

Vivek Kumbhari, director of bariatric endoscopy for Johns Hopkins, answers questions about the transoral gastric outlet reduction procedure, including how it works and how you can expect to feel after the procedure.